TalkCast 66 – The call of the Alaskan Marian and other Geek Oddities.

Summary: 2010 Year In Review Part II (Because there were so many unanswered questions in Part 1) Graphic by Marian Call Worst Comic/Graphic Novel: Dome: Models, Inc. Java: Chaos War: Thor Dru: Titans: Villains for Hire Dead Redhead: End of Ex Machina/Restart of Wonder Woman Illustrator X:  Too many to count Best Surprise Of the Year: Dome: Clare Kramer/Mercedes McNabb Interview Kriana: Our Interview with Stanton Friedman Java: New Doctor Who Dru: Doug Jones! Dead Redhead: Music – Alice Cooper still kicks ass Zombrarian: “This is Adam West….” Illustrator X:  Outpouring of support for our Jeanne Robinson Charity Events Worst Disappointment: Kriana: True Blood brings in the Fairies; SyFy shows WWE Java: SGU canceled/Sanctuary coming back/SyFy films Zombrarian: Spiderman Musical, over and over and over again Dome: NO DAMN FLYING CARS Dru: Not grabbing James Marsters/ Torchwood on hold Dead Redhead: cost to get to talk to and photograph James Marsters Illustrator X:  No moonbases or standard spaceflights in 2010 as promised by the works of Arthur C. Clarke Best Hard Science: Dome  - The reveal of the false study linking Autism and childhood inoculation Kriana: None. Meh. Bah Humbug. Science Journalism SUCKS. Java: South Pole Neutrino Detector/Fortress of Solitude Dru: Cure for AIDs Dead Redhead: Upsurge in Crypto-Zoology this year/work on the Invisibility Cloak Worst Science, or lack thereof: Kriana: Arsenic based life Java: Arsenic based life Dru: New Zealand UFO files Dead Redhead: Wiki-leaks on UFOs Dome: New Zealand UFO Files Our interview tonight is with Sci-Fi Songstress Marian Call. You can listen to/buy her music here. To be entered to win an as yet undetermined prize package of monumental worth and incalculable value, simply post a comment on this ‘cast.